The Cost of Professional Long Arm Quilting Services
Machine quilting is amazing, but how much does it cost to have a quilt machine quilted? At Missouri Star, all of our pricing includes batting and standard thread options. You can choose how quickly you’d like your quilt back, the complexity of your design, and also opt to include trimming and binding when you place your order.
If you’re not in a hurry, our value machine quilting option takes approximately 4 weeks from the time we receive your quilt to the time we ship it back to you (not including add-on binding services). Value machine quilting is a bargain at 3 cents a square inch!
If you would like your quilt back as soon as possible, we offer a priority machine quilting upgrade for just 5 cents per square inch. The wait time is 7 business days from the time we receive your quilt to the time we ship it back to you (please allow additional time for quilt binding services, if selected, and return shipping). So if you are looking for 2 week quilt finishing services, we recommend a Priority upgrade with your next order!
Once the machine quilting is finished, we can trim your quilt for you for an added $10, allowing you to finish the binding at home (don't worry, we'll return any extra backing fabric when we send back your order!). If you don't want to add your quilt's binding, don't worry! We offer hand stitched and machine stitched quilt binding options. Both are priced by the linear inch, with machine stitched binding (using a straight stitch) at 25 cents per linear inch and hand stitched quilt binding at 60 cents per linear inch.
How to Choose Machine Quilt Stitch Patterns & Thread
Choosing a beautiful machine quilting pattern is half the fun! We have over 100 computerized machine quilting designs including cute animal patterns from butterflies to birds, classic long arm quilting machine patterns like elegant swirls, brocade, feathers, and paisley, modern stipples, squares, and loops, and holiday quilting designs for Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, the 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas! There’s so many machine quilt stitch patterns to choose from to make your quilt design truly shine.
Preparing Your Quilt for Mail-In Quilting
When you send in your quilt to be machine quilted, be sure to include the backing of your choice that’s at least 8” wider than your quilt top on all sides so it can easily work with long-arm machine quilting. You can also order your backing along with your machine quilting order.
Check out our selection of 108” wide machine quilting fabric at Missouri Star so your quilt has a smooth finishing touch without any seams on the back. And guess what? Our standard 80/20 Hobbs Batting is included with your machine quilting order for free!
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